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Proverbs and Quotations 

FOR 


School and Home 


COLLECTED BV 

JOHN KEITGES 

SIOUX CITY, IOWA 



A. FLANAGAN COMPANY 
CHICAGO 



LIBRARY of CONGRESS 
TwoCooies Received 

MAY 28 1906 



Copyrighted, 1905 

BY 

JOHN KEITGES 



PREFACE 


The learning of maxims, proverbs and memory gems 
has become a recognized part of school work. 

The chief aim in this collection has been to select 
only such material as may be of ethical value,—“clearly 
suited to the purpose of inculcating right principles, and 
acquainting the pupil with those popular sayings which 
have become crystallized through age—long usage. ” 

The ingenious teacher will find in them material for 
opening or closing exercises, instruction in manners and 
morals, language and literature. 

It is believed that this little volume will be appreciated 
by busy teachers. 


J. K. 


CONTENTS 


PART ONE 

Page 

Beauty. 7 

Books. 8 

Business Maxims. 9 

Character. 11 

Christian Precepts. 11 

Company. 16 

Conscience. 17 

Courage. 18 

Courtesy. 18 

Death. 20 

Deeds. 20 

Education. 24 

Flattery. 27 

Fools. 27 

Friends. 28 

Good. 30 

Good Name. 31 

Happiness. 31 

Home. .. 33 

Honesty. 33 

Idleness. 34 

Industry. 35 

Kindness. 36 

Love. 38 


























CONTENTS 


Page 

Lying. 39 

Manners. 18 

Obedience. 40 

Parents. 40 

Patriotism. 42 

Praise. 27 

Pride. 45 

Profanity. 46 

Punctuality. 46 

Quarrels. 47 

Revenge. 49 

Riches. 50 

Speaking. 51 

Temperance. 55 

Time. 57 

Truth. 58 

Virtue. 60 

Vulgarity. 46 

Washington’s Maxims. 60 

Wisdom. 62 

Words. 03 

Work. 64 

PART TWO 

Unclassified—Alphabetical list.66 

PART THREE 

Poetic Quotations—Memory gems. 92 






























PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


part ©ne 


BEAUTY 

Fair faces need no paint. 

Handsome is that handsome does. 

Handsome apples are sometimes sour. 

Modesty has more charms than beauty. 

Good looks buy nothing in the market. 

Favor is deceitful and beauty is vain.— Prov. 30: 31. 
Beauty is the mark God sets upon virtue. 

Trust not too much to an enchanting face.— Dry den. 
Beauty soon fades, but virtue lives forever. 

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.— Pope . 
A beautiful behavior is better than a beautiful form. 

The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral 
truth. 

Beautiful faces are they that wear 
The light of a pleasant spirit there, 

It matters little if dark or fair. 

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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


Beautiful hands are they that do 
Deeds that are noble, good, and true, 

Busy with them the long day through. 

There is beauty in the sunlight. 

And the soft blue heaven above; 

Oh, the world is full of beauty. 

When the heart is full of love.— W. L. Smith. 

The plainest face has beauty, 

If the owner’s kind and true; 

And that’s the kind of beauty 
My boy and girl, for you. 


BOOKS 

Be careful what you read. 

A good book is the best companion. 

Choose an author as you choose a friend. 

There is no worse robber than a bad book. 

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit. 

— Milton. 

Tell me what you read and I’ll tell you what you are. 

We are as liable to be corrupted by books as by compan¬ 
ions. 

Books are the best things, well used; abused, among the 
worst.— Emerson. 

The books which help you most are those which make 
you think the most.— Theo. Parker. 

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that 
of a good book. 



PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


9 


A man may usually be known by the books he reads as 
well as by the company he keeps.— Similes. 

Books cannot always please, however good; 

Minds are not ever craving for their food.— Geo. Crabbe. 


BUSINESS MAXIMS 
Easy come, easy go. 

The best is the cheapest. 

Business before pleasure. 

From saving comes having. 

Beware of little expenses. 

Wilful waste makes woeful want. 

No man can lounge into success. 

Earn money before you spend it. 

Ill gotten goods seldom prosper. 

A penny saved is a penny earned. 

He who finds fault means to buy. 
Extravagance is the ruin of many. 

Lay up something for a rainy day. 

Little and often fills the purse. 

Short reckonings make long friends. 
The wasteful man shall live to want. 
Punctuality is the soul of business. 
Possession is nine points of the law. 
Begin everything at the right time. 
Saving is a greater art than gaining. 



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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


Confidence is the companion of success. 

Haste makes waste, and waste makes want. 

Have one good business and stick to it. 

He that would thrive must rise at five. 

Be slow in becoming security for another. 

Everybody’s business is nobody’s business. 

What you do not need is dear at any price. 

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. 

Never sign a writing till you have read it. 

Living upon trust is the way to pay double. 

Creditors have better memories than debtors. 

Drive your business, let not that drive you.— Franklin. 

A spendthrift in youth, a poor man in old age. 

— Geo. Herbert. 

if you wish anything done well, see to it yourself. 

It is hard to pay for bread that has been eaten. 

Would you know the value of money, go borrow some. 
Never play games of chance or make bets of any kind. 
Never buy what you do not need even if it is cheap. 

Attend to your own business and not to your neighbor’s. 
He that heeds not a penny shall never have any. 

The man who neglects his business will soon have none. 
Seest thou a man diligent in business? He shall stand 
before kings.— Prov. 22:29. 

If you desire to prosper, do not make too great haste to get 
rich. 

Save money when you are young that you may have it 
when you are old. 


PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


11 


Economy is half the battle of life; it is not so hard to earn 
money as to spend it well. 

If we thoroughly attend to our own business, we will have 
no time to attend to our neighbor’s. 


CHARACTER 

Character secures respect. 

A man’s actions show his character. 

The wolf changes his coat but not his disposition. 

A man’s character may be told by the company he keeps. 
— Spencer. 

Character is what you are, reputation is what people think 
you are.— G. W. Hoss. 

The crown and glory of man is character. It is the noblest 
possession of man.— Smiles. 

Character is what God and the angels know of us; repu¬ 
tation is what men and women think of us .—Horace 
Mann . 

He who saves another’s character is a greater benefactor 
than he who saves his life .—Horace Mann. 

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; 

When health is lost, something is lost; 

When character is lost, all is lost. 


CHRISTIAN PRECEPTS. 

A foe to God was never true friend to man.— Young. 
Abstain from all appearance of evil.— I. Thess. 5:22. 
Ardent prayer opens heaven.— Young. 




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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


As a man thinketli in his heart so is he.— Prov. 23: 7. 

Ask pardon for all wrong. 

As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them 
likewise.— Luke 6:31. 

Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of 
Christ.— Gal. 6: 2. 

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. 

— Rom. 12 : 21. 

Be not weary in well doing.— II. Thess. 3: 13. 

Be quick to forgive and slow to anger. 

Be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.— Jas. 1: 19. 
Better suffer wrong than do wrong. 

Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy. 
—Matt. 5:7. 

Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God. 

— Matt. 5 : 8. 

Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the 
children of God.— Matt. 5: 9. 

Blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. 

— Luke 11:28. 

Call now on God while he will list to thee. 

Care only for the things of God.— Thomas a Kempis. 
Depart from evil and do good.— Ps. 34: 14. 

Do all things without murmurings and disputings. 

— Phil. 2: 14. 

Do as you would be done by. 

Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. 

Do violence to no man, neither exact anything wrongfully. 
— Luke 3: 14. 



PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


13 


Every tree is known by its own fruit.— Luke 6: 44. 

Eternal life is worth all conflicts. 

Fear God and keep his commandments.— Eccles. 12: 13. 

From him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 
— Matt. 5 : 42. 

God created man in his own image.— Gen. 1: 27. 

God expects you to do your best. 

God loveth a cheerful giver.— II. Cor. 9: 7. 

God will render to every man according to his works. 
— Rom. 2: 6. 

Govern your thoughts when alone, and your tongue when 
in company. 

He that doeth the will of God abideth forever. 

— I. John 2:17. 

He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord. 
—Prov. 19: 17. 

He that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished. 
—Prov. 17:5. 

He that overcometh shall inherit all things.— Rev. 21: 7. 

He who avoids small sins does not fall into larger ones. 

He that humbleth himself shall be exalted.— Luke 14: 11. 

He who has no respect for religion can have no true respect 
for himself. 

' He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, 
is wise for a moment, but a fool forever.— Tillotson. 

Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. 

—John 6:37. 

I am the way and the truth and the life.— John 14:6. 


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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


If it is possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably 
with all men.— Rom. 12: 18. 

If sinners entice thee consent thou not.— Prov. 1: 10. 

If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him 
to drink.— Rom. 12:20. 

If we make religion our business, God will make it our 
blessedness.— John Adams. 

If you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your 
Father forgive your trespasses.— Matt. 6: 15. 

In times of health prepare for death. 

It is no small matter to gain or lose the kingdom of God. 

—Thomas a Kempis. 

Judge not according to appearances, but judge righteous 
judgment.— John 7: 24. 

Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.— Luke 6: 37. 

Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.— Matt. 6: 20. 

Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.— Ephes. 4: 26. 

Let prayer be the key of the morning and the bolt of the 
evening.— M. Henry. 

Love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you. 
— Matt. 5: 44. 

Men generally die as they live. 

More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams 
of. 

No life can be well ended that has not been well spent. 

No man can serve two masters.— Matt. 6:24. 

Of sinful pleasure only repentance remains. 

Our lives are for the purpose of religion, labor, love and 
salvation.— Hitopadesa. 



PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


15 


Our thoughts are heard in heaven. 

Prosperous men forget God. 

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 

— I. Thess. 5:21. 

Refuse to do a mean act, be it ever so small. 

Religion purifies and strengthens the mind. 

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth. 

— Eccles. 12: 1. 

Render to no man evil for evil.— Rom. 12:17. 

Repentance drives from the soul the elements of its cor¬ 
ruption. 

Sacrifice money rather than principle. 

Seek true peace, not on earth, but in heaven .—a Kempis. 

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be 
seen of them.— Matt. 6: 1. 

The anger of brothers is the anger of devils. 

The doing an evil to avoid an evil can not be good. 

— Coleridge. 

The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil 
and the good.— Prov. 15: 3. 

The laborer is worthy of his hire .—Luke 10: 7. 

The most useful learning in the world is that which teaches 
us how to die well. 

The truest end of life is to know life that never ends. 

— Beresjord. 

The wages of sin is death.— Rom. 6: 23. 

Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head.— Levit. 19: 32. 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself .—Mark 12: 31. 


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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


To the pure all things are pure.— Titus 1:15. 

True repentance is to cease from sin. 

We are a temple of the living God.— II. Cor. 6: 16. 

We are in this world only to do good in it.— Voltaire. 

What doth it profit a man to gain the whole world, and 
forfeit his soul?— Mark 8:36. 

Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.— Gal. 6:7. 

Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 

—Luke 12 : 34. 

Whom the Lord loveth he correcteth.— Prov. 3: 12. 

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein.— Prov. 26: 27. 

Whoso stoppetli his ears at the cry of the poor, he also 
shall cry, but shall not be heard.— Prov. 21: 13. 

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer.— I. John 3: 15. 

Whosoever smiteth thee on thy right cheek, turn to him 
the other also.— Matt. 5: 39. 

With God all things are possible.— Matt. 19:26. 

Ye can not serve God and mammon.— Luke 16: 13. 


COMPANY 

Keep good company or none. 

Bad company is the devil’s net. 

Go not to hell for company. 

Birds of a feather flock together.— R. Burton. 
Better be alone than in bad company. 

They that touch filth will be defiled. 



PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


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The rotten apple spoils his companion.— Franklin. 

A man is known by the company he keeps. 

Evil company doth corrupt good manners.— I. Cor. 15: 33. 

He who lives among wolves learns to howl. 

Keep good company and you shall be of the number. 

Better fare hard with good men than feast with bad. 

Tell me what company you keep, and I will tell you what 
you are. 

Good company and good conversation are the sinews of 
virtue. 

Endeavor as much as you can to keep company with peo¬ 
ple above you.— Chesterfield. 

Enter not into the paths of the wicked, and go not in the 
way of evil men.— Prov. 4: 14. 


CONSCIENCE 

A good conscience knows no fear. 

A clear conscience is a good pillow. 

A guilty conscience needs no accuser. 

Keep conscience alive in your breast. 

A clear conscience fears no accusation. 

Value a good conscience more than praise. 

An evil conscience is always fearful and unquiet. 

Keep a good conscience and you will be happy. 
—Thomas a Kempis. 




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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


COURAGE 

The better part of valor is discretion. 

True courage dares to do right. 

Conscious right gives us courage. 

Good courage breaks ill luck to pieces. 

Better face a danger once than be always in fear. 

I dare do all that may become a man; who dares do more 
is none.— Shakspeare. 

Without courage there can not be truth, and without truth 
there can be no other virtue. 

Dare to do right! Dare to be true! 

The failings of others can never save you; 

Stand by your conscience, your honor, your faith; 
Stand like a hero and battle till death. 

— S. J. Wilson . 


COURTESY, MANNERS 
Be polite to everybody. 

Manners often make fortunes. 

Good order breeds good manners. 

Politeness should begin at home. 

Don’t bluntly contradict anyone. 

It always pays to be a gentleman. 

Nothing costs less than civility. 

A gentle spirit makes a gentleman. 

True politeness is kindness of heart. 

Politeness goes far, yet costs nothing.— Smiles . 





PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


19 


One never loses anything by politeness. 

Don’t cultivate a sense of oversmartness. 

Quiet manners are a mark of good breeding. 

Obliging conduct procures deserved esteem. 

Politeness is benevolence in little things. 

Civility costs nothing and buys everything.— Montagu. 

The truest politeness comes from sincerity.— Smiles. 

It is not discourteous to refuse to do wrong. 

Good manners are made up of petty sacrifices.— Emerson. 

A gentleman would not insult me; no other man can. 

— Seneca. 

Civility is the result of good nature and good sense. 

You can always discover a true gentleman by his address. 
—James Ellis. 

The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it. 
— Tannahill. 

Life is not so short but that there is always time for cour¬ 
tesy.— Emerson. 

Remember always to be gentle and attentive to older 
people. 

Scholarship is fine, but it does not atone for ill breeding. 

Politeness consists in due regard for the rights and feelings 
of others. 

Be as polite to your parents, brothers and sisters as you 
are to strangers. 

It is the cat and the dog that go where they are not called 
(invited). 

He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants 
kindness gathers love. 





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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


Politeness promotes beauty in him who possesses it and 
happiness in those about him.— Beecher. 

To be polite is to do and say 

The kindest things in the kindest way. 


DEATH 

The guilty soul dreads death. 

He who fears death lives not. 

There is no medicine against death. 

The young may die, but the old must.— Longfellow. 

In the midst of life we are in death. 

It matters not how long we live but how. —P. J. Bailey. 

Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 

—Gen. 3: 19. 

All things pass away, and you pass away with them. 

—Thomas a Kernels. 

To-day stately and brave, tomorrow in the grave. 

He dies like a beast who has done no good while he lived. 

He has lived to little purpose who can not hope to live 
after death. 


DEEDS 

Just do your best. 

Reward is in doing. 

Do one thing at a time. 

A noble deed never dies. 

We learn to do by doing. 





PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


21 


Good actions ennoble us. 

A good deed is never lost. 

Promise little and do much. 

Great talkers, little doers. 

Deeds are greater than words. 

What is done can not be undone. 

Learn the luxury of doing good. 

An ill deed can not bring honor. 

He who does his best, does well. 

Do your best and leave the rest. 

Do what you ought, come what may. 

Dare to do right; fear to do wrong. 

Action, not speech, proves the man. 

Every good deed has its recompense.— Confucius. 
Some are very busy and yet do nothing. 

Deeds are fruits; words are but leaves. 

Doing good to fellow man is serving God. 

Doing nothing is next neighbor to doing ill. 

He that does what he can does what he ought. 

Good deeds will shine as the stars of heaven.— Chalmers. 
Deeds show what we are; words what we should be. 
Whoever does a good deed is instantly ennobled. 

Good deeds ring clear through heaven like a bell. 
— Richter. 

Have you something to do tomorrow? Do it to-day. 
— Franklin. 


22 


PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. 

— Chesterfield. 

Never do an act of which you doubt the justice or pro¬ 
priety. 

He that is afraid of doing too much always does too little. 
If it is not right, do not do it; if it is not true, do not say it. 

He that does good shall find good; he that does evil shall 
find evil. 

Do thy duty that is best, 

Leave unto the Lord the rest. 

A man of words and not of deeds 
Is like a garden full of weeds. 

Do thy little, do it well; 

Do what right and reason tell. 

Whatever you do, do with your might; 

Things done by halves are never done right. 

Who does the best his circumstances allow, 

Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more. 

— Young. 

Act—act in the living present, 

Heart within, and God o’erhead! 

— Longfellow. 

Count that day lost whose low-descending sun 
Views from thy hand no worthy action done. 

Little by little all tasks are done; 

So are the crowns of the faithful won, 

So is heaven in our hearts begun. 

—Luella Clark. 


PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


23 


Be gentle and loving, 

Be kind and polite, 

Be thoughtful for others. 

Be sure to do right. 

If a task is once begun. 

Never leave it till it’s done; 

Be the labor great or small, 

Do it well or not at all. —Phoebe Cary. 

If you’re told to do a thing, 

And mean to do it really, 

Never let it be by halves; 

Do it fully, freely. —Phoebe Cary. 

If you’ve tried and have not won, 

Never stop for crying; 

All that’s great and good is done 

Just by patient trying. —Phoebe Cary. 

No matter what you try to do, 

At home or at your school, 

Always do your very best. 

There is no better rule. 

Do what conscience says is right; 

Do what reason says is best; 

Do with all your mind and might; 

Do your duty and be blest. 

Dare to do right, dare to be true, 

For you have a work no other can do, 

Do it so bravely, so kindly, so well, 

Angels will hasten the story to tell. 

— Wilson. 


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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


True worth is in being not seeming, 

In doing each day that goes by 
Some little good, not in dreaming 

Of some great things to be done by and by. 

I count this thing to be grandly true, 

That a noble deed is a step toward God, 

Lifting the soul from the common sod 

To purer air and a broader view. — Holland. 

Be good, dear child, and let who will be clever; 

Do noble deeds, not dream them, all day long. 

And so make life, death, and that vast forever 
One grand sweet song. 

— Chas. Kingsley. 


EDUCATION 

Learning is wealth. 

Always be willing to learn. 

Youth is the time to learn. 

We are never too old to learn. 

A good education is the best dowry. 

He that inquires much learns much. 
Sluggards are never great scholars. 

There is no royal road to learning. 

Ignorance is the mother of impudence. 

We study not for school, but for life.— Seneca. 
To know everything is to know nothing. 

A little learning is a dangerous thing.— Pope. 



PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


25 


Learning without thought is labor lost.— Confucius. 
Schools are workhouses, not play-houses. 

My teacher may not see me, but God does. 

Better an empty purse than an empty head. 

If the brain sows no corn it plants thistles. 

Education is capital invested for the future. 

Hear instruction and be wise and refuse it not. 

—Prov. 8:33. 

A page digested is better than a book hurriedly read. 

— Macaulay. 

A man has learned much when he has learned how to die. 

Knowledge will not be acquired without pains and applica¬ 
tion.— Felton. 

He that refuses instruction despises his own soul. 

— Prov. 15:32. 

’Tis hard to educate a frivolous girl or a vicious boy. 

— G. W. Hoss. 

To be ignorant is not such shame as to be unwilling to 
learn. 

A man in this world without learning is as a beast in the 
field.— Hitopadesa. 

Learn all you can here, and God will teach you the rest in 
heaven. 

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; 
writing an exact man.— Bacon. 

That teacher helps his pupils most who most helps them 
to help themselves. 

If a man empties his purse into his head no man can take 
it away from him.— Franklin. 


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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


The pleasure seeker and the knowledge seeker are seldom 
wrapped up in the same skin.— G. W. Hoss. 

It would be better to know less than to know so much that 
is not so.— G. W. Hoss. 

The poorest education that teaches self-control is better 
than the best that neglects it.— J. Sterling. 


Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt; 
Nothing’s so hard but search will find it out. 


Learning by study must be won; 

’Twas ne’er entailed from sire to son. 


How empty learning and how vain is art. 

But as it mends the life and guides the heart. 

— Young. 


’Tis education forms the common mind; 

Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined. 

— Pope. 

If you would have your learning stay. 

Be patient, don’t learn too fast; 

The man who travels ten miles a day 
Will get ’round the world at last. 

—Anna S. Swan. 


The fisher who draws in his net too soon 
Won’t have any fish to sell; 

The child who shuts up his book too soon 
Won’t learn any lessons well. 


— Ibid. 



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FLATTERY, PRAISE 

The worst praise is self-praise. 

A flattering mouth worketh ruin.— Prov. 26: 28. 
Self-praise is no recommendation. 

Praise to the face is open disgrace 
Flattery injures those whom it pleases. 

Beware of the man who deals in flattery. 

Praise undeserved is scandal in disguise. 

Praise is often more hurtful than censure.— J. P. Richter. 

Let another man praise thee and not thine own mouth. 
— Prov. 27: 2. 

Self-praise indicates that your reputation is small. 

He that boasts of his own knowledge proclaims his igno¬ 
rance. 


FOOLS 

Fools live but do not learn. 

None but a fool is always right. 

Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.— Franklin. 
Fools step in where angels fear to tread. 

The foolish despise wisdom and instruction.— Prov. 1: 7. 
Fools and willful men make the lawyers great. 

It is better to please a fool than to anger him. 

The fool has said in his heart, there is no God.— Ps. 14: 1. 

Wise men learn by others’ harms; fools by their own. 

— Franklin. 



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When you meet a fool, pretend business to get rid of him. 

A wise man thinks all he says, a fool says all he thinks. 

Experience is a dear school, but fools will learn in no 
other.— Franklin. 

The wise man knows he knows nothing, but the fool thinks 
he knows it all. 

A fool knows other peoples’ business better than a wise 
man knows his own. 

A fool uttereth all his anger: but a wise man keepeth it 
back and stilleth it.— Prov. 29: 11. 

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be 
like unto him.— Prov. 26: 4. 

Fools’ names as well as faces 
Are often seen in public places. 


FRIENDSHIP 

A friend loveth at all times.— Prov. 17: 17. 
Beware of a reconciled friend. 

He who has riches has friends.— Hitopadesa. 
Better lose a jest than a friend. 

A good friend is a near relative. 

Stick to your friends in adversity. 

A friend in need is a friend indeed. 

Not all are friends who smile on you. 

Have many acquaintances but few friends. 





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’Tis hard to part when friends are dear.— Barbauld. 

A man’s best friends are his ten fingers. 

He makes no friends who never made a foe.— Tennyson. 
The only way to have a friend is to be one.— Emerson. 
Without a friend the world is a wilderness. 

An open enemy is better than a false friend. 

A good friend is better than silver or gold. 

A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody. 

A friend should bear a friend’s infirmities.— Shakspeare. 
Be friendly and you will never want friends. 

A true friend is known in the day of adversity. 

A true friend does sometimes venture to be offensive. 

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. 

— Franklin. 

What you eat by yourself never gains you a friend. 

You will never have a friend if you must have one without 
a fault. 

Purchase no friends by gifts; when thou ceasest to give 
such will cease to love.— Fuller. 

Our best friends are they who tell us our faults and help 
us to mend them. 

An open foe may prove a curse. 

But a pretended friend is worse. 

On the choice of friends 

Our good or evil name depends. 

—Gay. 




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GOOD. 

Your best is only good enough. 

When good comes to anyone, rejoice. 

If we would do good, we must be good. 

We should try to do some good every day. 

Be not simply good, but be good for something.— Thoreau. 
It is not lawful to do evil that good may come. 

The way to be truly honored is to be truly good. 

We do more good by being good than in any other way. 
—Rowland Hill. 

Nothing can make a man truly great but being truly goodo 
— M. Henry. 

When we are good to others we are best to ourselves. 

— Franklin. 

There is some good in everyone, and some good every¬ 
where.— Bailey. 

The good you do is not lost, though you forget it. 

The good or evil we confer on others often recoils on our¬ 
selves. 


It is well to be wise and great; 

’Tis better to be good. 

Howe’er it be, it seems to me, 

’Tis only noble to be good. — Tennyson. 

For right is right, since God is God; 

And right the day must win; 

To doubt would be disloyalty, 

To falter would be sin. — F. W. Faber. 


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GOOD NAME 

A good name will shine forever. 

A good name lost is hard to regain. 

A good reputation is a fair estate. 

A good name is a sound inheritance. 

He who has a bad name is half hanged. 

A good name is better than a good face. 

Never make your ear the grave of another’s good name. 

A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. 
— Prov. 22: 1. 

He who steals my purse steals trash; * * * 

But he that filches from me my good name 
Robs me of that which not enriches him. 

And makes me poor indeed. 

— Shakspeare . 


HAPPINESS 

Lose no chance of giving pleasure. 

Happiness lies first of all in health. 

Usefulness is the parent of happiness. 

Cheerful looks make every dish a feast. 

Be good, do good, and you will be happy. 
Cheerfulness is a duty we owe to others. 
Cheerfulness is lost through selfishness. 
Cheerfulness and good will lighten labor. 

No one becomes unhappy by doing good deeds. 





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The reward of unlawful pleasure is unlawful pain. 

True happiness is found in making others happy. 

A pennyworth of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow. 

Industry, honesty, and temperance are essential to happi¬ 
ness. 

If you would be happy and content, never borrow trouble 
or lend money. 

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, 
but in their worth and choice .—Ben Johnson. 

If you desire to be happy, be good-natured. No one gains 
anything by being cross and crabbed. 

True happiness, if understood. 

Consists alone in doing good. 

— Wm. Somerville. 


Be always merry as ever you can, 

For no one delights in a sorrowful man. 

If happiness have not her seat 
And center in the breast, 

We may be wise, or rich, or great, 

But never can be blest. — Burns. 

Be not selfish to each other; 

Never mar another’s rest; 

Strive to make each other happy, 

And you will yourselves be blest. 

Pleasures are like poppies spread; 

You seize the flower, the bloom is shed; 

Or, like the snowflakes in the river, 

A moment white, then lost forever. — Burns. 





PROVERBS AND_QUOTATIONS 

HOME 


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Home is what we make it. 

East or West, home is best. 

Home is home, be it ever so homely. 

Home is where you are treated best and grumble most. 

Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, 
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like home. 

—John Howard Payne . 


HONESTY 

Honesty is the best policy.— Franklin. 

An evil gain is equal to a loss. 

One seldom prospers by ill-gotten goods. 

An honest man is the noblest work of God.— Pope. 

Aji honest man’s word is as good as his bond. 

Honesty in little things is not a little thing. 

The honest penny is better than the stolen dollar. 

An honest man is not the worse because a dog barks at 
him. 

Honesty is not only the best policy, but the best principle. 
— G. W. Hoss. 

Knavery may serve a turn, but honesty is best at the long 
run. 




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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


IDLENESS 

Idleness rusts the mind. 

Idleness leads to vice. 

Sloth is the key to poverty. 

Laziness is premature death. 

Standing pools gather filth. 

An idle man tempts the devil. 

Idleness is the mother of want. 

Idleness always envies industry. 

Be ashamed to catch yourself idle. 

The idle soul shall suffer hunger.— Prov. 19: 15. 

An idle mind is the devil’s workshop. 

A young man idle—an old man needy. 

Idleness without vice is impossible. 

A sleeping fox catches no poultry.— Franklin. 
mo is lazy in youth must work in old age. 

Heaven never helps the man who will not act. 
— Sophocles. 

In idleness alone there is perpetual despair.— Carlyle. 

He who rises late never does a good day’s work. 

It is more painful to do nothing than something. 

Idleness is the mother of mischief (parent of vice). 

There is much ill health that is mere laziness. 

Laziness travels so slow that poverty soon overtakes it. 
— Franklin. 

Do not undertake the dreadful drudgery of being an idler. 
—Victor Hugo. 


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No man should live in the world that has nothing to do in 
it. 

A lazy man is of no more use in the world than a dead one, 
and takes up more room. 

Go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways and be 
wise.— Prov. 6: 6. 

An idler is a watch that wants both hands, 

As useless when it goes as when it stands. 

— Cowper. 

If all the year were playing holidays, 

To sport would be as tedious as to work. 

— Shakspeare , 


INDUSTRY 

Employ your time well. 

Scorn to shirk a duty. 

Labor conquers all things. 

Honor lies in honest toil.— Cleveland. 
A stitch in time saves nine. 
Employment brings enjoyment. 

Strike while the iron is hot. 

Make hay while the sun shines. 

Slow and steady wins the race. 

Care and diligence bring reward^ 

The early bird catches the worm. 
There are no gains without pains. 
Industry is the parent of success. 




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Heaven helps those who helps themselves.— Franklin. 

Industry is fortune’s right hand and frugality is her left. 
— Franklin. 

All things are easy to industry; all things difficult to sloth. 
— Franklin. 

Self-ease is pain; the only rest 

Is labor for a worthy end. — Whittier. 

Plow deep while sluggards sleep, 

And you’ll have corn to sell and keep. 

— Franklin. 

Run if you like, but try to keep your breath; 

Work like a man, but don’t be worked to death. 

— O. W. Holmes. 


KINDNESS 

Kindness wins friends. 

Kindness is its own reward. 

One kindness prompts another. 

A kind word is never thrown away. 

Kindness wins more than authority.— Hoss. 

A kind face is a beautiful face. 

A merciful man is merciful to his beast. 

Kindness is the sunshine of social life. 

A small unkindness is a great offense.— Hannah More. 
Show mercy unto all things which have life.— Hitopadesa. 
Speak words of sympathy to those who suffer. 

No man’s head aches while he comforts another. 



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Write injuries in dust but kindness in marble. 

Who takes delight in cruelty needs civilizing. 

To pity distress is human; to relieve it is godlike .—Horace 
Mann. 

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast. 

— Prov. 12: 10. 

He that will not be merciful to his beast is a beast himself. 
— Thos. Fuller. 

I had rather never receive a kindness than never bestow 
one.— Seneca. 

There’s nothing so kingly as kindness, 

And nothing so noble as truth. —Alice Cary. 

Be kind and gentle to those who are old, 

For dearer is kindness and better than gold. 

— Cary. 


Man’s inhumanity to man 

Makes countless thousands mourn. — Burns. 

The drying up a single tear has more 
Of honest fame than shedding seas of gore. 

— Byron. 


Little deeds of kindness, 

Little words of love, 

Make our earth an Eden 

Like the heaven above. — F. S. Osgood. 

Kind hearts are the gardens, 

Kind thoughts are the roots, 

Kind words are the blossoms. 

Kind deeds are the fruits. —Alice Cary. 


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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


Don’t kill the birds, the little birds 
That sing about your door, 

Soon as the joyous spring has come 
And chilly winds are o’er. 


LOVE 

Love thy neighbor as thyself.— Matt. 22: 39. 

Pity melts the heart to love.— Dryden. 

Let love be without dissimulation.— Rom. 12 : 9. 

Charity suffereth long and is kind.— I. Cor. 13: 4. 

Charity shall cover a multitude of sins.— I. Peter 4: 8. 

Be kind and affectionate one to another. 

They love us truly who correct us freely. 

The greatest pleasure of life is love.— W. Temple. 

Owe no man anything save to love one another. 

— Rom. 13: 8. 

He that loveth his neighbor hath fulfilled the law. 

—Rom 13: 8. 

Love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping 
for nothing again .—Luke 6:35. 

Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you, bless 
them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully 
use you .—Luke 6: 21. 

Children do you love each other? 

Are you always kind and true? 

Do you always do to others 

As you’d have them do to you? 



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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 

LYING 

Hearsay is half lies. 

Denying a fault doubles it. 

Liars should have good memories. 

Great talkers are commonly liars. 

Lies travel faster than the truths. ' 

Lying and gossiping go hand in hand. 

“They say” is often proved a great liar. 

Where there is whispering there is lying. 

Show me a liar and I’ll show you a thief. 

Inquire and inquire, for report is a liar. 

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord.— Prov. 12: 22. 
It is a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration.— Emerson. 
A liar is not believed even when he tells the truth. 

A boaster and a liar are much about the same thing. 

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 

—Exodus 20: 16. 

Sin has many tools, but a lie is a handle which fits them 
all.—O. W. Holmes. 

A lie is a lie, whether it be a lie to the eye, or a lie to the 
ear.— Sam. Johnson. 

Justice will overtake the framers and abetters of lies. 

— Heraclitus. 

I hate and abhor lying but thy law do I love. 

— Ps. 119: 163. 

He who does one fault at first, 

And lies to hide it makes it two.— I. Watts. 


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Oh, what a tangled web we weave, 

When first we practice to deceive. — Scott. 

A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that utter- 
eth lies shall not escape.— Prov. 19: 5. 

Dare to be true, nothing can need a lie; 

A fault which needs it most, grows two thereby. 

— Geo. Herbert. 


OBEDIENCE 

We must obey God rather than men .—Acts 5: 29. 
Obedience is the entrance to life .—Henry Sabin. 
Obedience is better than sacrifice.— I. Sam. 1 5:22. 
Obedience is the mother of happiness. 

Obedience is the first duty of a child. 

Loose law at home means lynch-law abroad. 

A wise son heareth his father’s instruction.— Prov. 13: 1. 

He who has learned to obey will know how to command. 
— Solon. 

When you obey your superior you instruct your inferior. 

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 
— Ephes. 6: 1. 

Obedience to parents is not only our duty but our interest. 
— Wm. Penn. 


PARENTS 

Honor thy father and thy mother .—Exodus 20: 12. 
Respect the counsel of your parents. 

Men are what their mothers make them.— Emerson. 




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Children have more need of models than of critics. 

— Jos. Joubert. 

He that harkeneth to reproof getteth understanding. 

— Prov. 15:32. 

That man is not worth hanging who does not love his 
mother.— Spurgeon. 

My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not 
the law of thy mother.— Prov. 1: 8. 

A fool despiseth his father’s instruction but he that regard- 
eth reproof getteth prudence.— Prov. 15: 5. 

A wise son maketh a glad father; but the foolish son is 
the heaviness of his mother.— Prov. 10: 1. 

Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is 
old he will not depart from it.— Prov. 22: 6. 

He that spareth his rod hateth his son; but he that loveth 
him chasteneth him betimes.— Prov. 13: 24. 

A mother is a mother still, 

The holiest thing alive. — Coleridge . 

Who ran to help me when I fell, 

And would some pretty story tell, 

Or kiss the place to make it well? My mother. 

—Jane Taylor. 

Children, make your mother happy, 

Many griefs she has to bear; 

And she wearies ’neath her burden— 

Can you not those burdens share? 

—Alice Cary. 


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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey 
his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, 
and the young eagles shall eat it.— Prov. 30: 17. 

* 


PATRIOTISM 

A fop or a man of pleasure makes but a scurvy patriot. 

— Geo. Berkeley. 

After God, our first allegiance is to our country. 

—John Ireland. 

All men are equal if upright and honest.— Thos. Jefferson. 

Death never comes too soon, if necessary in defense of the 
liberties of our country.— Story. 

Education is a truer safeguard of liberty than a standing 
army.— Edward Everett. 

Education is the cheap defense of nations.— E. Burke. 

He serves his party best who serves his country best. 

— R. B. Hayes. 

I care not what course others may take, but as for me, 
give me liberty or give me death.— Patrick Henry. 

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace. 

— U. S. Grant. 

I know no South, no North, no East, no West to which I 
owe any allegiance.— Henry Clay. 

I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country. 
—Nathan Hale. 

I pledge allegiance to my flag and the republic for which 
it stands; one nation indivisible with liberty and 
justice for all. 



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I require no guard but the affections of the people. 

— Geo. Washington. 

I think the first need of good government is the right men 
to administer it.— E. J. Phelps. 

I would rather be beaten in the right than succeed in the 
wrong.— J. A. Garfield. 

I would rather be right than president.— Clay. 

If any man attempts to haul down the American flag 
shoot him on the spot.— J. A. Dix. 

Let no guilty man escape if it can be avoided. 

— U.S. Grant. 

Let us have peace.— Id. 

Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. 
—Daniel Webster. 

Liberty can not be established without morality, nor 
morality without faith.— Horace Greeley. 

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is per¬ 
mitted by law.— Cicero. 

Liberty is not the right of one but of many. 

—Herbert Spencer. 

No man’s vote is lost which is cast for the right. 

— J. Q. Adams. 

Not parties but principles. 

One can not always be a hero, but one can always be a 
man.— Goethe. 

One countiy, one constitution, one destiny.— Webster. 

One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation ever 
more.—0. W. Holmes. 

One on God’s side is a majority.— W. Phillips. 


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Our country can not well subsist without liberty, nor 
liberty without virtue.— Rousseau . 

Patriotism calls for the faithful and conscientious per¬ 
formance of all the duties of citizenship in small 
matters as well as great, at home as well as upon the 
tented field.— W. J. Bryan. 

Public office is a public trust, created only for the common 
benefit.— D. B. Eaton. 

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.— Jefferson. 

Respect for authority is the foundation of good citizenship. 

The chief glory, the true honor of a nation is liberty. 

— Lafayette. 

The end of all good government is the happiness of the 
people.— Abraham Lincoln. 

The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time. 
— Jefferson. 

The love of liberty with life is given.— Dry den. 

The noblest motive is the public good.— Virgil. 

The Republican form of government is the highest form 
of government. 

The safety of our Republic is to be found in the intelli¬ 
gence and patriotism of the common people. 

— R. C. Barrett. 

The Union—it must and shall be preserved. 

—Andrew Jackson. 

There is a higher law than the constitution. 

— W. H. Seward. 

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not them¬ 
selves.— Lincoln. 

We have met the enemy and they are ours.— 0. H. Perry. 


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We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we 
shall all hang separately.— Franklin. 

Where law ends tyranny begins.— Wm. Pitt. 

Where the heart is right there is true patriotism.— Berkeley. 
Who can not rule himself can never rule a state. 

Work and vote as you talk and pray. 

United we stand, divided we fall .—Dickinson and Lee. 
Unnecessary taxation is unjust taxation.— A. S. Hewitt. 


PRIDE 

Proud men have few friends. 

Before honor goeth humility.— Prov. 15 : 33. 

A proud man is always a foolish man. 

Pride is the never-failing vice of fools.— Pope. 

Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, or cold. 

Pride is a flower that grows in the devil’s garden. 

God resisteth the proud but giveth grace to the humble. 

— I. Peter 5 : 5. 

Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall 
exalt you .—James 4: 10. 

Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before 
a fall.— Prov. 16: 18. 

We rise in glory as we sink in pride, 

Where boasting ends, there dignity begins. 

— Young. 



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PROFANITY, VULGARITY 

A true word needs no oath. 

Profanity poisons the mind. 

Nothing will justify profanity. 

Swear not at all lest God be angry. 

Defile not your mouth with impure words. 

A dirty tale should neither be told nor heard. 

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth. 

— Ephes. 4:29. 

His heart can not be pure whose tongue is not clean. 

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 

Profaneness is a low groveling vice. He who indulges in 
it is no gentleman.— E. H. Chapin. 

Swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by 
any other oath .—James 5: 12. 

The foolish and wicked practice of profane swearing is a 
vice so mean and low that every person of sense and 
character detests and despises it.— Washington. 

Immodest words admit of no defense. 

For want of decency is want of sense. 

— W. D. Roscommon. 

Maintain your rank; vulgarity despise; 

To swear is neither brave, polite, nor wise. 


PUNCTUALITY 
Delays are dangerous. 

Who comes late stays half at home. 
The sooner the better—delay is a fetter. 



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Always be punctual at the time appointed. 

We should be punctual in performing every duty. 

Better be an hour too early than a minute too late. 

Better late than never, but better still, never late. 

If you intend to do a mean thing, wait until tomorrow: 
if a noble one, do it now. 

Early to bed and early to rise 

Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 

— Franklin, 


See, mamma, ’tis half-past eight; 

I must haste, or I’ll be late, 

Teacher says, “Make this your rule. 
Never to be late at school.” 

By-and-By is a very bad boy, 

Shun him at once and forever; 
For they who travel with By-and-By 
Soon come to the house of never. 


QUARRELS 

Hold an angry tongue. 

Keep aloof from all quarrels. 

Be at peace one with another .—Mark 9: 50. 
Little said is soonest mended.— G. Wither. 
Two wrongs do not make a right. 
Wranglers are never in the wrong. 

Anger and haste hinder good counsel. 



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No and yes often cause long dispute. 

A hasty man is seldom out of trouble. 

In a quarrel be the first to conciliate. 

Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.— Ephes. 4: 26. 
A house divided against a house falleth .—Luke 11: 18. 
Grow angry slowly; there’s plenty of time. 

A quarrelsome disposition makes few friends. 

When anger rises, think of the consequences.— Confucius. 
It is the second word that makes the quarrel. 

Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just. 

In all contentions put a bridle on your tongue. 

Quarrels require two; both are generally to blame. 

He that is slow to anger is of great understanding. 

— Prov. 14:29. 

He who can not hold his peace will never live at ease. 
Quarrels are easily begun, but with difficulty ended. 
Temper is so good a thing that we should never lose it. 
Anger is often more hurtful than the injury that caused it. 

Quarrels would not last long if the wrong w^ere only on one 
side. 

He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he 
that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. 

— Prov. 16: 32. 

A little explained, a little endured, 

A little forgiven, the quarrel is cured. 

A soft answer turneth away wrath, but a grievous word 
stirreth up anger.— Prov. 15: 1. 


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49 


Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to 
dwell together in unity .—Psalm 133: 1. 

They who in quarrels interpose 
Must often wipe a bloody nose. 

—John Gay . 


REVENGE 

Forgive and forget. 

Never revenge an injury. 

Overcome evil with good.— Rom. 12:21. 

Forbear resenting injuries.— Franklin. 

Two wrongs do not make a right. 

Render to no man evil for evil.— Rom. 12: 17. 

To forget a wrong is the best revenge. 

The noblest vengeance is to forgive. 

Neglect will sooner kill an injury than revenge. 

Be more ready to forgive than to return an injury. 

See that none render unto any one evil for evil. 

— I. Thes. 5: 15. 

Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong. 

It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them. 

He is above his enemies that despises their injuries. 

An injury forgiven is better than an injury revenged. 

The best means of destroying an enemy is to make him 
your friend. 




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RICHES 

Riches have wings. 

Poverty is no crime. 

Wealth makes friends. 

Fortune often leads to folly. 

Wealth rarely brings happiness. 

Contentment is better than riches. 

It‘is not well to have all we want. 

Better be a man than a millionaire. 

Time is money, but money is not time. 

Abundance is the perverter of reason.— Hitojpadesa , 

A fool and his money are soon parted. 

Contentment makes the poorest man rich. 

Money is a good servant, but a bad master. 

Wealth acquired dishonestly will prove a curse. 

The love of money is the root of all evil. 

—I. Tim. 6: 10, 

He who gives alms makes good use of his money. 

He who has gold has fear, who has none has sorrow. 

A heavy purse in a fool’s pocket is a heavy curse. 

— Cumberland. 

Better have a head and heart than houses and lands. 
Great wealth makes us neither more wise nor more healthy. 

The greatest blessing that a young man can have is poverty. 
— Holland. 

The poorest man in the world is he who has nothing but 
money. 


PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 51 

The royal road to wealth is paved with industry and fru- 
gality. 

If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as of 
getting. 

He who has nothing knows nothing, and he who knows 
nothing is nobody. 

He is truly rich who desires nothing, and he is truly poor 
who covets all. 

Take care of the small sums and the large will take care 
of themselves. 

Better a little with righteousness than great revenues with¬ 
out right.— Prov. 16:8. 


SPEAKING 

Talking pays no toll. 

Still waters run deep. 

Speak well of the dead. 

A tame tongue is a rare bird. 
Think twice before you speak. 

All truths are not to be told. 

Silence never betrayed any one. 

A tattler is worse than a thief. 
Speak good of all or not at all. 
Actions speak louder than words. 
Empty casks make the most noise. 
Speak not rather than speak ill. 

A still tongue makes a wise head. 




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Peace is in holding one’s tongue. 

They always talk who never think.— Prior. 

Silence is one art of conversation.— Hazlitt. 

The upright man speaks as he thinks. 

Silence is the fittest reply to folly. 

When the tongue wags ruin never lags. 

Who says little has little to answer for. 

Better that the feet slip than the tongue. 

The tongue kills quicker than the sword. 

Words once spoken can never be recalled.— Roscommon . 
Silence sometimes speaks more than words. 

Men are no better than their conversation. 

When angry, count twenty before you speak. 

Never speak to deceive nor listen to betray. 

More have repented of speech than of silence. 

We ought to be careful indeed in what we say. 
—Confucius. 

Silence is an excellent remedy against slander. 

He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue. 

Don’t speak all you know, but know all you speak. 
Never say or do that which anger prompts you to. 

The first virtue is to restrain the tongue.— Chaucer. 
Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together. 
He that flings dirt at another dirties himself most. 
Think before you speak, and before whom you speak. 
Never speak evil of any one, nor lightly of religion. 


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Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you. 

—Luke 6: 26. 

The best talker is the man who knows when to stop. 

Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 

— Matt. 12:34. 

In a walking newspaper the leading article is scandal. 

Never say of another what you would not have him hear. 

He that goeth about as a tale bearer revealeth secrets. 

— Prov. 20: 19. 

Speak when you are spoken to; come when you are called. 

Speak well of your friends, of your enemies say nothing. 

He who says what he likes, must hear what he does not 
like. 

Never circulate a calumny without inquiring into the evi¬ 
dence. 

A man has no more right to say an unkind thing than to 
act one. 

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of 
silver.— Prov. 25: 11. 

He that speaketh evil of father or mother let him die the 
death. 

He who repeats the ill he hears of another is the true 
slanderer. 

Speak but little and to the purpose, and you will pass for 
somebody. 

lie who would be well spoken of himself must not speak 
ill of others. 

Beware how you say more than you mean; better mean 
more than you say.— Gladstone. 


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Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking 
guile.— Ps. 34: 13. 

Language was given us that we might say pleasant things 
to each other. 

Every idle word that men shall speak they shall give 
account thereof in the day of judgment.— Matt. 12 : 36. 

Never speak ill of the absent unless they deserve it and it 
is necessary for the safety and benefit of others. 

— M. Hale. 


Have more than thou showest, 

Speak less than thou knowest. 

— Shakspeare. 


They always w r in the golden day 
Who listen much and little say. 

Let not your tongue outrun your wit; 

The wise full oft in silence sit. 

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul 
from trouble.— Prov. 21:23. 

When you sit by the fire yourselves to warm, 

Take care that your tongues do your neighbor no harm. 

Speak clearly if you speak at all, 

Carve every word before you let it fall. 

— Holmes. 

If wisdom’s ways you wisely seek, 

Five things observe with care: 

To whom you speak, of whom you speak, 

And how , and when and where. 


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Speak the truth, and speak it ever, 

Cost it what it will; 

He who hides the wrong he did, 

Does the wrong thing still. 

Speak no evil and cause no ache; 

Utter no jest that can pain awake; 

Guard your actions and bridle your tongue; 
Words are adders when hearts are stung. 

Speak gently! it is better far 
To rule by love than fear; 

Speak gently! let no harsh words mar 
The good we might do here. 

—G. W. Hangford. 

Speak gently to the aged one; 

Grieve not the care-worn heart; 

The sands of life are nearly run; 

Let such in peace depart. 

—G. W. Hangjord 

Speak gently, kindly to the poor, 

Let no harsh word be heard; 

They have enough they must endure, 
Without an unkind word. 

—G. W. Hangjord. 


TEMPERANCE 

Adam’s ale is the best brew. 

Drink like a fish—water only. 

Ardent spirits are evil spirits. 
Temperance is the best medicine. 
Counsel in wine seldom prospers. 



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Drunkenness is voluntary madness. 

Where there is drink there is danger. 

Above all sternly keep yourself from drink.— Confucius. 

Good wine makes a bad head and a long story. 

More are drowned in the bowl than in the sea. 

—Publius Syrus. 

The drunkard and the glutton shall come to want. 

— Prov. 23:21. 

Touch not, taste not, handle not intoxicating drinks. 

He will never drink too much who never drinks at all. 

Don’t make your nose blush for the sins of your mouth. 

Suppers kill more than the greatest doctors ever cured. 

He that eats till he is sick must fast till he is well. 

Drink injures a man externally, internally, and eternally. 

There is no harm in a glass of whiskey if you let it remain 
in the glass. 

The boy who smokes is robbing an old man who will some 
day bear his name. 

Be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled 
with the spirit.— Ephes. 5: 18. 

Drinking water neither makes a man sick, nor in debt, nor 
his wife a widow .—John Neal. 

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler; and whoso¬ 
ever erreth thereby is not wise.— Prov. 20: 1. 

Be not among winebibbers; among gluttonous eaters of 
flesh.— Prov. 23:20. 

Drunkenness places a man as much below the level of the 
brutes as reason elevates him above them.— G. Sin¬ 
clair. 


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TIME 

Time is money. 

Use your time wisely. 

Time rights all wrongs. 

Any time means no time. 

Tomorrow may be never. 

Time is precious—do not waste it. 

Life is short and time is fleeting.— Longfellow . 
Procrastination is the thief of time.— Young. 

Be always in time; too late is a crime. 

Time wasted is existence; used is life. 

Improve each shining moment as it flies.— S. Johnson. 
Time conquers all, and we must time obey.— Pope. 

We take no note of time but from its loss.— Young. 

Who despises minutes can not respect eternity. 

A time for everything, and everything in its time. 

Watch the minutes, and the hours and days will be safe. 
Nothing is more precious than time, yet nothing less valued. 

They who make the best use of their time have none to 
spare. 

He lives long that lives well; and time misspent is not lived 
but lost.— Fuller. 

Lost time is never found again, and what we call time 
enough, always proves little enough.— Franklin. 

Lost, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden 
hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No 
reward is offered for they are lost forever .—Horace 
Mann. 


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We are but minutes, use us well; 

For how we’re used we soon must tell. 
Who uses minutes has hours to use: 
Who loses minutes has hours to lose. 


TRUTH 

The truth will out. 

Always tell the truth. 

Truth is the child of God. 

Truth gives a short answer. 

Buy the truth and sell it not.— Prov. 23: 23. 

The truth shall make you free .—John 8: 32. 

Love the truth but pardon error.— Voltaire. 

Truth needs no flowers of speech.— Pope. 

Truth never was indebted to a lie.— Young. 

Half the truth is often a great lie. 

Tell the truth and shame the devil.— Shakspeare. 
Whispering tongues can poison truth.— Coleridge. 
Fools and children will tell the truth. 

A promise neglected is an untruth told. 

Sooner or later the truth comes to light. 

It is the truth which makes a man angry. 

The truth is always the stronger argument.— Sophocles. 
Without truth there can be no other virtue. 

He is a free man whom the truth makes free.— Cowper. 
Truth is the highest thing that man can keep.— Chaucer. 



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A thousand probabilities do not make one truth. 

Think the truth, speak the truth, act the truth. 

Be true to your word, your work, and your friend. 

An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offense. 
— Wm. Hazlitt. 

If a man is sincere, he will seek earnestly for the truth. 

—Thomas a Kempis. 

One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth. 

—Bulwer Lytton. 

Never speak anything for a truth which you know or 
believe to be false.— Everett. 

Dishonor waits on perfidy. A man should blush to think 
a falsehood; it is the crime of cowards. 

—Samuel Johnson. 

The truth itself is not believed 
From one who often has deceived. 

This above all—to thine own self be true, 

And it must follow, as the night the day, 

Thou canst not be then false to any man. 

— Shakspeare. 


Be the matter what it may, 

Always speak the truth, 

If at work or if at play, 

Always speak the truth. 

Truth crushed to earth will rise again, 

The eternal years of God are hers; 

But error, wounded, writhes in pain. 

And dies among his worshipers. — Bryant. 


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VIRTUE 


Virtue never grows old.— Herbert. 

Virtue is never aided by vice .—Ben Jonson. 

Virtue alone is true nobility.— Geo. Stepney. 

Virtue alone is happiness below.— Pope. 

Join hands only with the virtuous. 

Adversity is the parent of virtue. 

Virtue without industry is impossible. 

He who has lost shame is lost to all virtue. 

Virtue remains when all else has passed away. 

Virtue and happiness are mother and daughter. 

He who is a lover of virtue is a lover of mankind. 

— Epictetus. 

Virtue brings its own reward; vice its own punishment. 


WASHINGTON’S MAXIMS 

( Selections .) 

Be no flatterer. 

Mock not, nor jest at anything of importance. 

Be not hasty to believe flying reports to the disparagement 
of any one. 

Undertake not what you can not perform, but be careful 
to keep your promises. 

Show not yourself glad at the misfortunes of another, 
though he were your enemy. 



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When a man does all he can though he succeed not well, 
blame not him that did it. 

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celes¬ 
tial fire called conscience. 

Whenever you reprove another be not blamable yourself 
for example is more prevalent than precept. 

Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem 
your own reputation, for it is better to be alone than 
in bad company. 

Whisper not in the company of others. 

Read no letters, books, or papers in company. 

Every action in company ought to be some sign of respect 
to those present. 

Come not near the books or writings of any one so as to 
read them unasked. 

Speak not when others speak. 

Speak no evil of the absent, for it is unjust. 

Let your conversation be without malice or envy. 

Be not apt to relate news if you know not the truth thereof. 

Speak not in an unknown tongue in company, but in your 
own language. 

Use no reproachful language against any one, neither 
curse, nor revile. 

When another speaks be attentive yourself, and disturb not 
the audience. 


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WISDOM 

No patience, no true wisdom. 

Penny wise and pound foolish. 

Wisdom is only found in truth.— Goethe. 

Wisdom is better than rubies.— Prov. 8: 11. 

A wise man accepts good advice. 

The rod and reproof give wisdom.— Prov. 29: 15. 

Be not wise in your own conceits.— Rom. 12: 16. 

Learn wisdom by the folly of others. 

A flow of words is no proof of wisdom. 

A wise man changes his mind—a fool never does. 

The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. 

— I. Cor. 3: 19. 

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. 

— Prov. 9: 10. 

No one is so wise that he can not become wiser. 

There is a heart wisdom that is higher than head wisdom. 
— G. W. Hoss. 

True wisdom is to know what is best worth knowing, and 
to do what is best worth doing.— D. Humphreys. 

Where ignorance is bliss, 

’Tis folly to be wise. — Thos. Gray. 

Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much, 
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. 

— Cowper. 


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WORDS 

Kind words can never die. 

Fair words won’t feed a cat. 

Treachery lurks in honeyed words. 

Evil words cut worse than swords. 

Kind words bring back kind echoes. 

Kind words are the music of the world. 

Kind words cost no more than unkind ones. 

A good word is as soon said as an ill one. 

Words without thoughts never go to heaven. 

Kind words cost nothing but are worth much. 

Good words and no deeds are rushes and weeds. 

Better break your word than do worse in keeping it. 

We should be as careful of our words as of our actions. 
Soft words, warm friends; bitter words, lasting enemies. 

Every gentle word you say, 

One dark spirit drives away; . 

Every gentle deed you do. 

One bright spirit brings to you. 

— V. B. Harrison. 

Cross words are like ugly weeds; 

Pleasant words are like fair flowers; 

Let us sow sweet thoughts for seeds, 

In these garden hearts of ours. — Cary. 

We have careful thoughts for the stranger, 

Kind words for the sometimes guest; 

But for our own is the bitter tone, 

Though we love our own the best. 

—Margaret E. Sangster. 


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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 

WORK 


Work first, then rest. 

Much talk, little work. 

Blessing goes with labor. 

Learn to labor and to wait.— Longfellow. 

Worry, not work, uses up men. 

Nothing is gained without work. 

Honest labor bears a lovely face.— Decker. 

Work is often the father of pleasure.— Voltaire. 

Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit. 

Constant occupation prevents temptation. 

Labor is the capital of our workingmen.— Cleveland. 
Hard work kills few honest laboring men. 

If any will not work, neither let him eat.— II. Thes. 3: 10. 
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 

Work is God’s ordinance as truly as prayer. 

— Geo. D. B$&rdman. 

It may be hard to work, but it must be harder to want. 

Work is no disgrace; but the shame is not to be working. 

— Hesiod. 

Work is a true educator, and idleness a certain demoralizer. 

There is always hope in a man that actually and earnestly 
works.— Carlyle. 

Nothing great or good can be accomplished without labor 
and toil.— A. H. Stephens. 

Absence of occupation is not rest; 

A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. 


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65 


Work for some good, be it ever so slowly; 
Cherish some flower, be it ever so lowly; 

Labor—all labor is noble and holy. 

Do your best, your very best, 

And do it every day. 

Little boys and little girls, 

That is the wisest way. 

—Phoebe Cary. 

Work while you work, play while you play 
This is the way to be cheerful and gay. 

All that you do, do with your might; 

Things done by halves are never done right. 

— A. D. Stoddart. 


When you’ve work to do, boys, 

Do it with a wall; 

Those who reach the top, boys, 

First must climb the hill. 

In books or work or healthful play, 

Let my first years be passed. 

That I may give for every day, 

Some good account at last. — I. Watts. 

Though your duty may be hard. 

Look not on it as an ill; 

If it be an honest task, 

Do it with an honest will. 

'— R. B. Sheridan. 


part Cwo 


UNCLASSIFIED. 

A bad penny always comes back. 

A bird in the cage is worth a hundred in the bush. 

A boaster and a fool are two of a school. 

A burnt child shuns the fire. 

A comfortable old age is the reward of a well-spent youth. 
A fault confessed is half redressed. 

A generous confession disarms slander. 

A good example is the best sermon. 

A good worker should have good wages. 

A hale cobbler is better than a sick king. 

A handsome shoe often pinches the foot. 

A hint to the wise is sufficient.— Franklin . 

A little neglect may cause much mischief. 

A little pot is soon hot. 

A man’s first duty is to mind his own business. 

— Geo. C. Lorimer. 

A man gets only what he earns. 

A man’s house is his castle. 

A man is one who is faithful to his friend. 

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A man of evil intentions easily believes the worst. 

A man of honor respects his word as he does his note. 

A man of pleasure is a man of pains .—Young 

A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been 
in the wrong.— Pope. 

A mean act will soon recoil. 

A promise is a debt. 

A promise should be given with caution and kept with care. 
A proverb is condensed popular wisdom. 

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.— Garfield. 

A rogue may dress well and talk smoothly. 

A rolling stone gathers no moss.— Tusser. 

A slovenly dress betokens a careless mind. 

A small leak will sink a great ship.— Franklin. 

A tale never loses by telling. 

A temptation overcome is a battle gained. 

A thief is a coward. 

A thief thinks every man steals. 

A vacant mind is an invitation to vice. 

A wager is a fool’s argument. 

A well spent youth is the only sure foundation of a happy 
old age. 

A willing helper does not w^ait until he is asked. 

A willing mind makes a light foot. 

Address yourself to young people; they know it all. 

— Joubert. 

Adversity makes men; prosperity monsters. 


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Advice is easier than helping. 

After dinner sit awhile; after supper walk a mile. 

All is not gold that glitters. 

An evil lesson is soon learned. 

An honest confession is good for the soul. 

An innocent heart suspects no guile. 

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. 

An ungrateful child is despised by everybody. 

An unlawful oath is better broken than kept. 

Any man can commit a mistake, but none but a fool will 
continue it.— Cicero. 

Apes remain apes though you clothe them in velvet. 
Appearances are sometimes deceptive. 

Assertion is no proof. 

Associate with men of good judgment.— Fuller. 

As you sow, so shall you reap. 

Attempt nothing of which your conscience does not approve 
Avoid a slanderer as you would a scorpion. 

Bad excuses are worse than none. 

Bad men excuse their faults, good men will leave them. 
Barking dogs seldom bite. 

Be a bold, brave, true, honest jnan .—John B. Gough. 

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for 
humanity. 

Be faithful in every accepted trust. 

Be just in all you say and all you do .—Dry den. 


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Be kind to the distressed. 

Be not disturbed about trifles. 

Be slow to give advice, ready to do service. 

Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 

Be sober and temperate and you will be healthy. 

Be sure you are right, then go ahead.— D. Crockett. 

Be thou familiar but by no means vulgar.— Shakspeare. 
Believe a boaster as you would a liar. 

Believe not half you hear, and repeat not half you believe. 
Better ask twice than lose your way once. 

Better be poor than be wicked. 

Better poor with honor than rich with shame. 

Better to suffer without a cause than to have a cause for 
suffering. 

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what 
a day may bring forth.— Prov. 27: 1. 

Bread is the staff of life. 

By endeavoring to please all we fail to please any. 

Care and diligence bring sure reward. 

Cease to do evil; learn to do well .—Isaiah 1: 16. 

Charity begins at home, but it should not stay there. 
Circumstances alter cases. 

Cleanliness is next to godliness. 

Command your temper lest it command you. 

Conduct hath the hardest tongue.— Cowper. 

Contempt is the sharpest reproof. 

Correct wrong habits before they become fixed. 


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Count not your chickens before they are hatched.— Butler. 
Crosses are ladders that lead to heaven. 

Cut your coat.according to your cloth. 

Deliberate slowly, execute promptly. 

Dig the well before you are thirsty. 

Diligence is the mistress of success. 

Diligence is the mother of good luck.— Franklin. 

Disappointments and distress are often blessings in dis¬ 
guise. 

Disbelieve most ill reports. 

Discontent makes the millionaire poor. 

Diseases are the penalties of ill pleasures. 

Don’t return snarling for snarling; if a cur bites you, it 
does not follow that you must bite him.— Hoss. 

Don’t seem to be what you are not. 

Don’t wait for the wagon while walking is good. 
Drowning men catch at straws. 

Duties are ours; events are God’s. 

Duty before pleasure. 

Each charitable act is recorded in heaven. 

Eat to live, and do not live to eat.— Franklin . 

Enough is better than a feast. 

Envy never yet enriched any one. 

Envy shoots at others and wounds itself. 

Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be 
pure, and whether it be right.— Prov. 20: 11. 


PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


7b 


Every beginning is difficult. 

Every day in thy life is a leaf in thy history. 

Every one for himself, and God for us all. 

Every one has his faults. 

Every one has enough to govern himself well. 

Every one should sweep before his own door. 

Every one thinks his own burthen the heaviest. 

Every one who does the best he can is a hero. 

Every sin brings its punishment along with it. 

Evil is to him who evil thinks. 

Evil news rides fast. 

Evil thoughts are more dangerous than wild beasts. 
Example is stronger than precept. 

Experience is the best schoolmaster, but the school fees 
are heavy.— Coleridge. 

Fair exchange is no robbery. 

Faith builds a bridge across the gulf of death.— Young. 
Faith finds where philosophy fails. 

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of 
things not seen.— Heb. 11: 1. 

Familiarity breeds contempt, in some cases. 

Fear every mean action. 

Fight hard against a hasty temper. 

Fire begins with little sparks, crime begins with evil 
thoughts. 

Fling away ambition, by that sin fell the angels. 

— Shakspeare. 


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Fling from thy clean hand the viper of selfrighteousness 
— Tupper. 

Foolish fear doubles danger. 

For the noblest man that lives there still remains a conflict. 
— Garfield. 

Forgive and forget. 

From a bad paymaster get what you can. 

From labor health, from health contentment springs. 

Gambling is an express train to ruin. 

Give a clown your finger and he will take your whole hand. 
Give a deaf ear to slander. 

Give money if thou canst; if not, give a kind and gentle 
word. 

Give no advice without being asked. 

Give not credit to great promises. 

God holds us responsible for our opportunities. 

Good examples are very convincing teachers. 

Good habits are as important as good principles. 

Good health and good sense are two of life’s greatest 
blessings.— Lyons. 

Good luck will help a man over the ditch if he jumps hard. 
— Spurgeon. 

Good nursing is half the cure. 

Good order is the foundation of all things.— Burlce. 

Govern your passions, otherwise they will govern you. 
Gratitude must be expressed in acts as well as in words. 
Great braggers, little doers. 


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Great men are working, not triumphing. 

Great works are performed, not by strength but by per¬ 
severance.— Johnson. 

Grief shared is made lighter. 

Growling will not make the kettle boil. 

Grumblers never work, and workers never grumble.— 
Spurgeon. 

Grumbling makes the loaf no larger. 

Guard well your thoughts, for thoughts are heard in 
heaven.— Young. 

Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and it 
becomes so strong we can not break it.— Mann. 

Habit is formed by repetition. 

Habit is ten times nature. 

Have a place for everything, and keep everything in its 
place. 

Health and good temper are the two greatest blessings in 
life.— Hazlitt. 

Health is better than luxury (wealth). 

Hear before you judge. 

Heaven never helps the man who will not act. 

He is not a man who can not say no. 

He is rich who desires nothing more. 

He overcomes a stout enemy that overcomes his own anger. 
— Chilon. 

He preaches well that lives well. 

He that can not forgive others breaks the bridge over which 
he must pass himself; for every one has need to be 
forgiven.— Herbert. 



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He that has many irons in the fire will burn some of them. 
He that has no charity merits no mercy. 

He that helps the wicked hurts the good. 

He that is overcautious will accomplish little. 

He that bears malice harbors a viper in his breast. 

He that knows least commonly presumes most. 

He that sows iniquity shall reap sorrow. 

He that spits against the wind, spits in his own face. 

— Franklin. 

He that steals an egg will steal an ox. 

He that walks upright walks surely. 

He that will have no trouble in this world must not be bom 
in it. 

He who aims at nothing, will be quite sure to hit it. 

— G. W. Hoss. 

He who aims to do right has God on his side. 

He who avoids the temptation avoids the sin. 

He who conquers self is the greatest victor. 

He who deals with the devil will make small profits. 

He who gambles picks his ora pocket. 

He who has never made a mistake has never made any¬ 
thing .—Hall Caine. 

He who has patience enjoys the world. 

He who is afraid of asking is ashamed of learning. 

He who is good at making excuses is seldom good for any¬ 
thing else.— Franklin. 

He who keeps his first innocence escapes a thousand sins. 
He who knows nothing is confident of everything. 


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He who lives wickedly always lives in fear. 

He who seeks trouble never misses it. 

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never 
do anything.— Johnson. 

He who would please all, and himself too, undertakes 
what he can not do. 

He who would reap w T ell must sow well. 

He who wronged you will hate you. 

He will never go to heaven who is content to go alone 
Hell, it is said, is paved with good intentions. 

High position is not always proof of greatness; a monkey 
on the housetop is a monkey still. 

History repeats itself. 

Hoe your own row. 

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles. 

— Confucius. 

Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.— Chesterfield. 
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.— Prov. 13: 12. 
Hope for the best, but be ready for the worst.— M. Henry. 
How poor are they who have no patience.— Shakspeare. 
Hunger is the best sauce. 

“I don’t care” is a deadly snare. 

I fear that man most who fears God least.— Young. 

I had rather have a fool make me merry than experience 
make me sad.— Shakspeare. 

I will be a slave to no habit; therefore farewell tobacco. 

— H. Ballou. 


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PROVERBS AND QUOTATIONS 


I would rather be right with the few than wrong with the 
many.— Hoss. 

If at first you don’t succeed, tiy, try again. 

If God be with us, who shall be against us? 

If a man would know what he is let him anger his neighbor. 

If it were not for hope, the heart would break. 

If there were no clouds, we would not enjoy the sun. 

If we would have the kindness of others we must endure 
their follies. 

If you have not a good reason for doing a thing, you have 
a reason for leaving it alone. 

If you know a thing is right, do it. If you have a solemn 
conviction, dare to utter it in the fear of God, regard¬ 
less of the opinions of men .—John B. Gough. 

If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die. 

If you would be strong, conquer yourself. 

In all cases of doubt and uncertainty, choose the safe side, 
and run no risk. 

In union there is strength. 

Ingratitude is abhorred by God and man. 

Injure not another’s reputation in business. 

Innocence is its own defense.— Franklin. 

It is a long lane that has no turning. 

It is a small thing to die, but a great thing to be depraved. 
—Horace Mann. 

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies—seldom 
safe to instruct, even our friends.— C. C. Colton. 

It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. 


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It is better to wear out than to rust out.— Cumberland. 

It is cruelty to the innocent not to punish the guilty. 

It is easy to contract a new habit, but difficult to quit an old 
one. 

It is ever true that he who does nothing for others does 
nothing for himself.— Goethe. 

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to 
succeed.— Roosevelt. 

It is hard to put old heads on young shoulders. 

It is more blessed to give than to receive .—Acts 20: 35. 

It is more honorable to acknowledge our faults than to 
boast of our merits. 

It is never too late to mend. 

It is not well to have all we want. 

It is not what we read but what we remember that makes 
us useful. 

It is too late to cover the well when the child is drowned. 

It is well to think well, it is divine to act well. 

—Horace Mann. 

It makes a difference whose ox is gored. 

Jack of all trades and master of none. 

Justice should ever be tempered with mercy. 

Justice without wisdom is impossible. 

Justice wrongs no man. 

Keep cool and you command everybody. 

Keep industry and honesty thy constant companions. 


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Keep your head and your heart full of good thoughts and 
the bad ones will have no chance to enter. 

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open. 

Keep your own secrets if you have any. 

Knowledge is obtained by observation and study. 

Knowledge is power.— Bacon. 

Knowledge is worth nothing unless we do the good we 
know. 

Late repentance is seldom worth much. 

Learn to live and live to learn .—Bayard Taylor. 

Leave well enough alone. 

Let all the ends thou aim’st at be thy Country’s, thy God’s, 
and truth’s.— ShaJcspeare. 

Let all things be done decently and in order.— I. Cor. 14:10. 

Let justice be done though the heavens fall. 

Let us have heads that think and hearts that beat.— Spur - 
geon. 

Let nothing affright you but sin. 

Let us not live to see how much good we can get out of the 
world, but rather strive to see how much good we can 
put into it. 

Let us thank God and be content with what we have. 

Let your actions be equal to your promises. 

Life is but a means to an end.— Bailey. 

Life is short; we must try to do one another a good turn. 

Life is too short to be wasted in hatred and petty worries. 

Life is what you make it. 


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Listeners hear no good of themselves. 

Little enemies and little wounds are not to be despised. 
Little strokes fell great oaks.— Franklin. 

Live not for time but for eternity. 

Live truly, and thy life shall be a great and noble creed. 
— II. Bonar. 

Luxury ruins republics, poverty, monarchies. 

Make no friendship with a man given to anger. 

Make no truce with error. 

Make the memory a store-house, not a lumber room. 
Malice drinketh its own poison. 

Man is unjust, but God is just, and finally justice triumphs. 
Man proposes but God disposes .—Thomas a Kempis. 
Many a man’s popularity is due to what he doesn’t say. 
Many love to praise right and do wrong. 

Many receive advice, but few profit by it. 

Maxims are the condensed good sense of a nation. 
Meddle not with what you don’t understand. 

Men apt to promise are apt to forget. 

Men should be what they seem. 

Men willingly believe what they wish to be true. 

Most of our ills come from our vices. 

Murder will out, that see we day by day.— Chaucer . 

My teacher may not see me, but God does. 

Necessity is the mother of invention. 

Necessity knows no law. 


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Never accuse any one of anything till you know it is so. 
Never accuse others to excuse yourself. 

Never appear something more than you are. 

Never be ashamed to say you were in the wrong. 

Never be discouraged about trifles. 

Never covet what is not your own. 

Never cross a bridge till you come to it. 

Never excuse a mean action by saying some one else does 
the same thing.— Franklin. 

Never fail to keep a promise. 

Never cry out till you’re hurt. 

Never leave till to-morrow what should be done to-day. 
Never neglect a duty. 

Never open the door to a little vice lest a great one enter 
with it. 

Never promise more than you can perform. 

Never trifle with fire. 

Never trouble others for what you can do yourself. 

Never trust much to a new friend or an old enemy. 

No chain is stronger than its weakest link. 

No cross, no crown.— Wm. Penn. 

No joy without annoy. 

No man can be so important in the world that he needs 
not the good will and approval of others. 

No man liveth unto himself.— Rom. 14: 7. 

No one can have all he desires. 

No one is always right. 


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No patience no true wisdom. 

No smoke without some fire. 

No wrong by wrong is righted.— Whittier. 

Not failure, but low aim is crime.— Lowell. 

Not how much, but how well. 

Not to enjoy life, but to employ life, should be our aim. 
Nothing is so contagious as example .—La Rochefoucauld. 
Nothing is so liberally given as advice. 

Nothing is troublesome that we do willingly. 

Nothing ventured nothing achieved. 

Of two evils choose neither. 

One can learn even from an enemy. 

One error breeds twenty more. 

One eye of the master sees more than four of the servants. 
One fault will not justify another. 

One good turn deserves another. 

One hour’s sleep before midnight is worth two hours after. 

One man may lead a horse to water, but twenty can’t 
make him drink. 

I 

One may smile and smile and be a villain. 

One pin for your purse and two for your mouth. 

One swallow doesn’t make the spring. 

On their own merits modest men are dumb.— Geo. Colman. 
Open not thine heart to every man. 

Opportunities neglected are lost. 

Opportunity makes the thief. 




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Order and method make all things easy. 

Order is heaven’s first law.— Pope. 

Our lives are universally shortened by our ignorance. 
— Spencer. 

Own a fault if you are wrong. 

Pardon others but not thyself. 

Patience is the key of content. 

Patience opens all doors. 

Patience surpasses learning. 

Peace begins just where ambition ends.— Young. 

Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war. 
— Milton. 

Peace in heaven is the best friendship. 

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 
Perseverance and patience will accomplish wonders. 
Persuasion is better than force. 

Pleasure oft is the hue to sin. 

Practice makes perfect. 

Practice what you preach. 

Prevention is better than correction. 

Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. 
Proverbs are the wisdom of ages. 

Pulling another down means getting below him. 
Punishment follows every violation of nature’s law. 


Quit all your evil habits. 


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Reading without a purpose is sauntering not exercise. 

—Bulwer Lytton. 

Reason should direct, appetite obey. 

Rejoice not in another’s sorrow. 

Religion is the best armor in the world, but the worst 
cloak.— Bunyan. 

Religious contention is the devil’s harvest. 

Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly. 
Resist temptation till you conquer it. 

Resist the devil and he will flee from you.— James 4: 7. 
Rest is good after the work is done. 

Return the civilities thou receivest, and be ever grateful 
for favors.— Wm. Penn. 

Right wrongs no man. 

Rome was not built in one day.— Cervantes. 

Rule the appetites and temper the tongue. 

Run not from pne extreme to another. 

Scoff not at the natural defects of any.— Fuller. 

Scorn to shirk a duty. 

Secrets when told are not secrets. 

Seeing is believing. 

Seek not to please the world, but your own conscience. 
Seldom judge from appearances. 

Seldom seen, soon forgotten. 

Self-conquest is the greatest of victories. 

Self-control is the crown of true manliness. 

Short pleasures, long laments. 



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Silence gives consent. 

Six feet of earth make all men of one size. 

Six of one, half a dozen of the other. 

Small faults indulged in are little thieves that let in greater. 
— Spurgeon. 

Some temptations come to the industrious, but all tempta¬ 
tions attract the idle.— Spurgeon. 

Sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you 
reap a character; sow a character and you reap a 
destiny.— Geo. D. Boardman. 

Spare the rod and spoil the child.— Butler. 

Speech is silver; silence is gold. 

Stop the ear of a tale-bearer. 

Straws show which way the wind blows. 

Success is brought by continued labor and continued 
watchfulness.— W. J. Bryan. 

Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.— Shakspeare. 

Take a joke as a joke, and it will not provoke. 

That is not good language which all understand not. 

That which comes with sin goes with sorrow. 

The accomplice is as bad as the thief. 

The best law is the golden rule. 

The best throw of the dice is to throw them away. 

The blood of the martyr is the seed of the church. 

The body is the house in which the soul lives. 

The busiest men in the world are the best men, provided 
they are busy about their own business.— Paul dc 
V ere. 


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The chamber of sickness is the chapel of devotion. 

The coat does not make the man. 

The countenance is the index of the mind. 

The day never becomes brighter by finding fault with the 
sun. 

The devil can cite scripture for his purpose.— Shalcspeare. 

The devil goes after the busy, but the idle meet him half 
way.— C. H. Spurgeon. 

The devil is good when he is pleased. 

The end of a dissolute life is commonly a desperate death. 

The excesses of youth are drafts on old age, payable with 
interest about twenty years after date.— C . C. Colton. 

The follies of youth are food for repentance in old age. 

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions. 
— Lowell. 

The gratitude of most men is only a secret desire to obtain 
favors .—La Rochefoucauld. 

The greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards. 

— Hazlitt. 

The man who is always telling you how much he does for 
others needs watching. 

The maxims of men disclose their hearts. 

The mill will never grind with the water that has passed. 

The more haste, the less speed. 

The most hurtful of all ignorance is ignorance of your 
own ignorance.— Hoss. 

The most skillful teacher can teach no faster than the 
pupils can learn.— Hoss. 


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The only way to keep a secret is to say nothing. 

The open door invites the thief. 

The parent’s life is the child’s copybook. 

The path of duty is the path of safety. 

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.— Gray. 

The pen is mightier than the sword .—Bulwer Lytton. 
The post of honor is the private station. 

The power of dress is very great in commanding respect. 
— Steele . 

The proof of the pudding is in the eating. 

The proudest vice is ashamed to wear its own face long. 

The pure in heart are slow to credit calumnies .—Jane 
Porter. 

The receiver is as bad as the thief. 

The right will come out right. 

The road to success is hard to climb. 

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.— Disraeli. 
The selfish heart deserves the pain it feels. 

The tree is known by its fruit. 

The true way to be deceived is to think oneself sharper 
than others.— La Rochefoucauld. 

The way of the transgressor is hard. 

The workman is known by his work. 

The wrong will end in loss. 

There are just as good fish in the sea as have been caught. 
There are no gains without pains. 

There are tricks in all trades but ours. 


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There is many a slip between the cup and the lip. 

There is no disease so dangerous as the want of common 
sense. 

There is no general rule without some exceptions. 

There is no rose without thorns. 

There is no royal road to learning. 

There is no use in crying over spilt milk. 

There is not a moment without some duty.— Cicero. 

There is nothing so well done but it may be improved. 

There is nothing stronger than human prejudice. 

There never was a good war nor a bad peace.— Franklin. 

They are never alone that are accompanied with noble 
thoughts.— Sidney. 

They hurt themselves that wrong others. 

They never fail who die in a great cause.— Byron. 

They that will not be counseled can not be helped. 

They who seek only for faults see nothing else. 

Thinking is far from knowing. 

Those who yield to their passions will experience evils, 
even in the wilderness.— Hitopadesa. 

Thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee 
ruler over many things.— Matt. 25:21. 

To be a gentleman, I must be truthful, honorable, kind, and 
brave. 

To be*a good woman is better than to be a fine lady. 
-rWestlake. 

To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to 
knowledge.— Disraeli. 


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To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved. 

— Geo. McDonald. 

To err is human; to forgive, divine.— Pope. 

To keep our secret is wisdom, but to expect another to keep 
it is folly. 

To kill two birds with one stone. 

To preach is easier than to practice. 

Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle. 

—Michael Angelo. 

Trust not him that hath once broken faith.— Shakspeare. 
Trust not him that seems a saint. 

Try to please all and you fail to please any. 

Tis only lovely thoughts can make a lovely face. 

’Tis well to say wise things but better to do them. 

— G. W. Hoss. 

Unless you wish your enemy to know your secret, don’t 
tell it to your friend. 

Unskilled workmen will blame their tools. 

Use your leisure time for improvement. 

Valor that parleys is near yielding. 

Vice is contagious. 

Vice is the most dangerous when it puts on the garb of 
virtue. 

Vice stings us even in our pleasures, but virtue consoles 
us even in our pains.— Cooper. 

Vices are learned without a teacher. 

Victory belongs to the most persevering.— Napoleon. 


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Want of care does us more harm than want of knowledge. 

War is the law of violence, peace the law of love. 

We are never content with what we have.— Selden. 

We grow like what we think of; so let us think of the good, 
the true, and the beautiful.— Phillips Brooks. 

We have no right to be liberal with what is not our own. 

We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in 
feelings, not in figures on a dial.— P. J. Bailey. 

We judge others by ourselves. 

We live and learn.— J. Pom]ret. 

We must trample upon our feelings when they conflict 
with principle.— S. J. Wilson. 

We should be most amiable to those with whom we dwell 
at home.— Jos. Joubert. 

Well begun is half done. 

W T hat can’t be cured must be endured. 

What comes from the heart goes to the heart. 

What costs nothing is worth nothing. 

What is done by night appears by day. 

What is not right must be wrong. 

What is to be done should be learned by doing. 

What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. 

— Thos. Hughes. 

What three know everybody knows. 

What you do speaks louder than what you say. 

What you would not wish done to yourself do not unto 
others.— Con]ucius. 


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Whatever you dislike in another person be sure to correct 
in yourself. 

When a man is down everybody runs over him. 

When a thing is done, advice comes too late. 

When at Rome, do as the Romans do.— Cervantes. 

When good comes to any one, rejoice. 

I When the cat’s away the mice will play. 

When you wish to fool the world tell the truth.— Bismarck. 
Where might is master, justice is servant. 

Where the will is ready the feet are light. 

Where there’s a will there’s a way. 

While there is life there is hope .—John Gay. 

Who honors not age is unworthy of it. 

Who judges others condemns himself. 

Who so blind as he that will not see. 

Who pleasure gives shall joy receive.— Franklin. 

Who will not be advised can not be helped. 

Wise men care not for what they can not have. 

Wise men make more opportunities than they find. 

Wishes can never fill a sack. 

. Worry kills more than war. 

Wrong no one by doing injuries.— Franklin. 

Years teach more than books. 

Yield always to reason, never to passion. 

Yield not to discouragement. 

You can not catch old birds with chaff. 


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You can not do wrong without suffering wrong. 
You can not draw blood from a turnip. 

You can not please everybody. 

You will never lose by doing a good turn. 

You will never repent of being patient and sober. 
Your actions determine your worth.— Fichte . 
Your health is your wealth. 

Your life is what you make it. 

Youth lives on hope, old age on memory. 


Zeal without knowledge is like a ship without a rudder. 


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POETIC QUOTATIONS—MEMORY GEMS 

I live for those who love me, 

Whose hearts are kind and true. 

For the heaven that smiles above me, 

And awaits my spirit too; 

For all human ties that bind me, 

For the task by God assigned me. 

For the bright hopes left behind me 
And the good that I can do 

I live for those who love me, 

For those who know me true, 

For the heaven that smiles above me. 

And awaits my spirit too; 

For the cause that lacks assistance, 

For the wrong that needs resistance, 

For the future in the distance, 

And the good that I can do. 

— G. L. Banks. 


Honest little Mary Wood 
Always did the best she could; 
Then let us follow Mary’s plan 
And always do the best we can. 
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Suppose your task, my little man, 

Is very hard to get, 

Will it make it any easier 
For you to sit and fret? 

And wouldn’t it be wiser, 

Than waiting like a dunce, 

To go to work in earnest 

And learn the thing at once? 

—Phoebe Cary. 

Joy, Temperance and Repose 
Slam the door on the doctor’s nose. 

— Longfellow. 


Happy as a robin. 

Gentle as a dove, 

That’s the sort of little child 
Every one will love. 


A birdie with a yellow bill 
Hopped upon my window sill, 

Cocked his shining eye and said: 

“Aint you ’shamed, you sleepy head!” 

—Robert Louis Stevenson. 

Do not look for wrong or evil, 

You will find them if you do, 

As you measure for your neighbor, 

He will measure back to you. 

—Alice Cary. 

They are slaves who dare not be 
In the right with two or three. 


— Lowell. 


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Onward go, forward go, 

Be master of your plan; 

Let your golden watchword read: 

“I’ll be a workingman.” — Sanborn. 

Be on your guard, and strive and pray, 

To drive all evil thoughts away. 

Hearts, like doors, can open with ease, 

To very, very little keys; 

And ne’er forget that they are these, 

“I thank you sir,” and “If you please.” 

All things bright and beautiful, 

All creatures great and small. 

All things wise and wonderful, 

The Lord God made them all. 

— Mrs. C. F. Alexander. 

Now I lay me down to sleep, 

I pray thee, Lord, my soul to keep; 

If I should die before I wake, 

I pray thee, Lord, my soul to take. 

Courage, brother, do not stumble, 

Though thy path be dark as night, 
There’s a star to guide the humble, 

Trust in God and do the right. 

If you find your task is hard, 

Try, try again; 

Time will bring you your reward; 

Try, try again; 

All that other folks can do. 

Why, with patience, should not you? 

Only keep tins rule in view. 

Try, try again. —Alice Cary. 


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Little drops of water, 

Little grains of sand, 

Make the mighty ocean 
And the pleasant land. 

— F. S. Osgood. 

I love the name of Washington, 

I love my country too; 

I love the flag, the dear old flag, 

Of red and white and blue. 

Men are only boys grown tall. 

Hearts don’t change much after all. 

If ever I see, 

On bush or tree, 

Young birds in a pretty nest, 

I must not, in play. 

Steal the young birds away 

To grieve their mother’s breast. 

My mother, I know, 

Would sorrow so, 

Should I be stolen away; 

So I’ll speak to the birds 
In my softest words, 

Nor hurt them in my play. 

A promise is a sacred thing, 

Be not in haste to make it, 

But when a promise you have made, 

Be sure you do not break it. 

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, 

The saddest are these: “It might have been.” 

— Whittier. 


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He prayeth well who loveth well 
Both man and bird and beast. 

He prayeth best who loveth best 
All things both great and small. 

For the dear God who loveth us, 

He made and loveth all. 

— S. T. Coleridge. 

Teach me to feel another’s woe, 

To hide the fault I see; 

That mercy I to others show, 

That mercy show to me. — Pope. 

He that complies against his will 
Is of his own opinion still. 

— Butler. 


Look up, not down, 

Look forward, not back, 

Look out, not in, 

Lend a hand. 

— E. E. PI ale. 

The melancholy days are come, 

The saddest of the year, 

Of wailing winds, and naked woods, 

And meadows brown and sear. 

— Bryant. 


Cherish what is good and drive 
Evil thoughts and feelings far; 

For, as sure as you’re alive, 

You will show for what you are. 

—Alice Cary. 


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’Tis not in titles nor in rank, 

’Tis not in wealth like London bank. 

To make us truly blest, 

If happiness have not her seat 
And center in the breast, 

We may be wise, or rich, or great, 

But never can be blest. 

— Burns. 

A moral, sensible, well bred man 
Will not affront me—no other can. 

— Cowper. 

Our lives are measured by the deeds we do, 
The thoughts we think, the objects we pursue. 

If you’ve any task to do, 

Let me whisper, friend, to you, 

Do it. 

If you’ve anything to say, 

True and needed, yea or nay. 

Say it. 

If you’ve anything to love 
As a blessing from above, 

Love it. 

If you’ve anything to give, 

That another’s joy may live, 

Give it. 

A man who thinks he knows it all. 

Is never taught to know 
That he may know an awful lot 
Of stuff that isn’t so. 


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He trudged along, not knowing what he sought, 
And whistled as he went for want of thought. 

— Dryden. 

For every evil under the sun 
There is a remedy or there’s none; 

If there be one, try and find it; 

If there be none, never mind it. 


Uneasy lie the heads of all who rule; 

The most so is his whose kingdom is a school. 

— Holmes. 


Only a drop in the bucket, 

But every drop will tell; 

The bucket soon would be empty 
Without the drop in the well. 


Life is real, life is earnest, 

And the grave is not its goal; 

Dust thou art, to dust returnest, 

Was not spoken of the soul. 

— Longfellow. 


Desire not to live long, but to live well; 

How long we live, not years, but actions tell. 

— R. W alley ns. 


Vice is a monster of such hideous mien, 

That to be hated needs but to be seen; 

Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, 

We first endure, then pitv. then embrace. 

— Pope. 


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Trust not to each accusing tongue. 

As most weak persons do; 

But still believe that story wrong 
Which ought not to be true. 

— R. B. Sheridan . 

There’s a time for work and a time for play, 

A time for everything good each day, 

But never a time in this short life 

For quarrels and angry words and strife. 

However blind a man may be, 

Another’s faults he’s sure to see. 

Oh! what would the world be to us. 

If the children were no more? 

We would dread the desert behind us 
W T orse than the dark before. 

— Longfellow, 

Whoever you are, be noble; 

Whatever you do, do well; 

Whenever you speak, speak kindly; 

Give joy wherever you dwell. 

Fretting mends no broken dishes; 

Brings us none of all our wishes. 

Lift up the weak and cheer the strong, 

Defend the truth, combat the wrong. 

— Field. 

If life were a thing that money could buy, 

The rich would live but the poor would die; 

But God in His goodness ordered it so 
The rich and the poor together must go. 


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Of all bad things by which mankind are cursed, 
Their own bad tempers surely are the worst. 

— Cumberland. 

I can’t is a sluggard, too lazy to work; 

From duty he shrinks, every task he’ll shirk; 

No bread on his board and no meal in his bag; 
His house is in ruin, his coat is a rag. 

Honor and shame from no condition rise; 

Act well your part; there all the honor lies. 

— Pope. 


A clean mouth and an honest hand 
Will take a man through any land. 

Lives of great men all remind us 
We can make our lives sublime, 

And, departing, leave behind us 
Footprints on the sands of time. 

— Longfellow. 


If little labor, little are our gains; 

Man’s fortunes are according to his pains. 

— Herrick. 

I wish that friends were always true, 

And motives always pure; 

I wish the good were not so few; 

I wish the bad were fewer.— J. G. Saxe. 

Heaven is not reached by a single bound; 

But we build the ladder by which we rise 
From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies. 

And we mount to the summit round by round. 

— J. G. Holland. 


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Ill habits gather by unseen degrees. 

As brooks make rivers, rivers run to seas. 

— Dryden. 


Every one is sowing 
Both by word and deed; 

All mankind are growing 
Either wheat or weed. 

Thoughtless ones are throwing 
Any sort of seed. 

— H. Walton. 


Let your faults be what they may. 
To own them is the better way. 


There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, 

And with his sickle keen. 

He reaps the bearded grain at a breath. 

And the flowers that grow between. 

— Longfellow. 

’Tis knowledge gained on every hand 
Which forms the wisdom of the land; 

While jokes and nonsense now and then 
Are relished by the wisest men. 


It pays to wear a smiling face, 
And laugh our troubles down; 
For all our little trials wait 
Our laughter or our frown. 


Talk not to me of the stock whence you grew; 
But show me your stock by what you can do. 

— Spurgeon . 


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Religion, if in heavenly truth attir’d, 

Needs only to be seen to be admired. 

— Cowper. 

Ah well! for us all some sweet hope lies, 

Deeply buried from human eyes; 

And in the hereafter, angels may 
Roll the stone from its grave away. 

— Whittier. 

Be still, sad heart, and cease repining; 

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; 

Thy fate is the common fate of all; 

Into each life some rain must fall,— 

Some days must be dark and dreary. 

— Longfellow. 

We want no kings but kings of toil— 

No crowns but crowns of deeds; 

Not royal birth but sterling worth 
Must make the man who leads. 

—Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 

Of all the schoolrooms east or west, 

The schoolroom of nature I love the best. 

— Bates. 

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, 

And he that giveth to the rich, cometh only to want. 

— Prov. 22: 16. 

Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith. 
It is no transgression; 

The same is the companion of a destroyer. 

— Prov. 28:24. 


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The fruit, when the blossom is blighted, will fall; 
The sin will be searched out, no matter how small; 
So what you’re ashamed to do, don’t do at all. 

—Alice Cary. 

Thrice blessed are those who make strife cease, 
And all their lives are making peace. 

— Bangs. 

We rise by the things that are under our feet; 

By what we have mastered of good and gain; 

By the pride deposed and the passion slain, 

And the vanquished ills that we hourly meet. 

— Holland. 

Little by little the world grows strong. 
Fighting the battles of right and wrong; 

Little by little the wrong gives way; 

Little by little the right has sway; 

Little by little all longing souls 
Struggle up nearer the shining goals. 


Be firm, one constant element of luck 
Is genuine, solid, old Teutonic pluck. 

— Holmes. 

What’s in a name? that which we call a rose 
By any other name would smell as sweet. 

— Shakspeare. 

Some love the glow of outward show, 

The shine of wealth, and try to win it; 

The house to me may lovely be, 

If I but like the people in it. 


— Swain. 


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Experience joined with common sense. 

To mortals is a providence. 

— M. Green. 


’Tis distance lends enchantment to view. 

And robes the mountains in its azure hue. 

— Campbell. 

No rogue e’er felt the halter draw 
With good opinion of the law. 


Whatever creed be taught or land be trod 
Man’s conscience is the oracle of God. 

— Byron. 


The world is full of beauty, 

As brighter worlds above. 

And if we did our duty 
It might be full of love. 

How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood 
When fond recollection presents them to view; 

The orchard, the meadow, the deep tangled wildwood, 
And every loved spot which my infancy knew. 

— S. Woodworth. 

There’s a divinity that shapes our ends, 
Rough-hew them how we will. 

— Shakspeare. 

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; 

He who would search for pearls must dive below. 

— Dryden . 


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In battle or in business, whatever the game, 

In law or in love, it’s ever the same; 

In the struggle for power, or scramble for pelf, 
Let this be your motto, “Rely on yourself.” 

— Saxe. 


Not sharp revenge, not hell itself can find 
A fiercer torment than a guilty mind. 


— Dryden. 


In the sun, the moon, the sky; 

On the mountains wild and high; 
In the thunder, in the rain; 

In the grove, the wood, the plain; 
In the little birds that sing; 

God is seen in every thing. 


There’s many a trouble would burst like a bubble 
And into the waters of Lethe depart, 

If we’d not rehearse it and tenderly nurse it, 

And give it a permanent place in our heart. 


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